GamesRadar - Damnation

The Top 7... trendy game-design crutches (Feature)

24 Aug 2009

We've all seen dozens of lists over the years that recount all the things old-school game designers loved to include in their games for bizarre and unknown reasons, like exploding barrels and wolves that carry gold and chainmail for you to loot upon their death. Yes, these things were weird, and yes, they were ubiquitous in 8-,16-, and even 32-bit games. ...

Damnation Developer Lays Off 'Majority Of Team' (News)

2 Jul 2009

Gamasutra writes:

"[UPDATE: Rowland confirmed the layoffs with Gamasutra Wednesday afternoon, saying: "I can't really comment on anything due to existing [non-disclosure agreements].

"The majority of the team was laid off shortly after submitting our first iPhone game (Attack of the Dust Bunnies) to Apple. It's a really fun game with a sense of humor and I hope that it sells well.""

Damnation Developers Laid Off (News)

1 Jul 2009

Several former employees at Blue Omega, developers behind the recent Damnation, have confirmed with Kotaku today that the entire dev team has been laid off following "issues" with Codemasters, Damnation's publishers.

-Kotaku

Damnation (Review)

27 May 2009

Damnation is a glowing example of how technology in the wrong hands can lead to disaster. Now, when we say this, are we referring to the story, which sees you taking on an army of evil robots in an alternative, steampunk version of the US Civil war? Or are we referring to the fact that Blue Omega have made one of the worst Unreal Engine-powered games we’ve ever seen? Hmm… ...

Damnation (Screenshots)

27 May 2009

Weekly Game Releases - 24th-30th May (News)

24 May 2009

Weekly Game Releases - 24th-30rd May for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PSP, PS2, Wii and DS.

New video game releases for week of 5/24/09 (News)

23 May 2009

This week's new video game releases:
(subject to change)

Xbox 360:
Damnation
Fallout 3 Game Add-On Pack: Operation Anchorage and The Pitt
UP

PLAYSTATION 3:
Cross Edge
Damnation
inFamous
UP

Wii:
The Munchables
Rolling Stone Drum King
Space Camp
UP

PC:
Damnation
Fallout 3 Game Add-On Pack: Operation Anchorage and The Pitt
UP

DS & DSi:
Personal Trainer: Walking
Space Camp
UP

PSP:
Crimson Gem Saga
UP

Codemasters Unveils Damnation Multiplayer Trailer (News)

22 May 2009

A new trailer was released today for Blue Omega Entertainment's upcoming steampunk shooter Damnation, this one focusing specifically on the multiplayer aspects of the game. Narrated by producer Richard Gilbert, the trailer hammers home the point that, because the characters can climb on any surface in the game, there will be nearly infinite number of attack and defense positions during multiplayer matches.

Damnation - Multiplayer moments (Video)

21 May 2009

As you play through the game, it becomes painfully obvious that the plot is the same, timeless, good-versus-evil guff that you’ve heard a hundred times before. It all adds up to one (excuse the pun) epic failure.

Damnation - PSI (Video)

19 May 2009

European Video Games Releases For Week Beginning 17/05/09 (News)

17 May 2009

Here's this weeks Video Games released for Europe. There's a couple of highlights this week; Punch Out! for the Wii, UFC 2009: Undisputed and Bionic Commando for both PS3 and Xbox 360.

Damnation - Steampunk trailer (Video)

23 Apr 2009

Damnation will appear on May 22 (News)

14 Apr 2009

Codemasters has announced that Damnation, with a serious delay, will appear on May 22 for the PS3 and Xbox 360. Originally, the game of Blue Omega needed to come out last year.

Damnation – hands-on (Preview)

27 Feb 2009

For those who can’t seem to make up their mind between buying a new shooter or a platformer, now you can have both in Blue Omega’s upcoming release, Damnation. The game takes place in an alternate future, as though the American Civil War has dragged on well into the 22nd century. You play as Captain Hamilton Rourke, who leads a guerrilla resistance force called the Peacekeepers. We were able to get our hands on some gameplay at last week’s Codemasters Gamers’ Day 2009, but with the release date only a month away, we could only hope that the final build will show some improvements.
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Damnation (Preview)

15 Jan 2009

There are times when a game’s influences are buried well beneath its own style and fresh ideas leaving only the internet’s finest forum detectives to stroke their cyber-chins and ponder what rival discs were spinning away in the dev’s debug kits during development. ...

Codemasters Russian Language Localisation (News)

11 Nov 2008

Codemasters have confirmed that, as part of their wider expansion strategy, they were looking to localise languages in certain emerging markets.

Russia, the first on the list, will get full language support for all of Codemasters' 'AAA' games.

IncGamers has more details.

New Damnation Artwork Revealed (News)

8 Nov 2008

Brodiesan over at PS3 Attitude writes:

"Check out the below gallery for five new stills of upcoming vertical-shooter Damnation from developer Blue Omega and Codemasters. Scheduled to hit this winter, Damnation has flown a little under the radar of late though our interest is definitely tweaked if these images are anything to go by."

Damnation is being rescheduled for an early 2009 release (News)

4 Nov 2008

The release of Damnation have been moved to early 2009.

New Damnation screen shots and video walkthroughs (News)

24 Oct 2008

Brutal Gamer writes - 'All I can really say is 'Wow' (no, not World of Warcraft, you idiot.) This morning I received a rather large email which within it contained the press release (which you can find after the break) and a bunch of new screen shots, both multiplayer and single player of Codemaster's upcoming steam-punk-vertigo-fanatic shooter Damnation'

No Lead Platform for Damnation (News)

29 Sep 2008

Speaking to GAMER.tm, lead game designer Jacob Minkoff confirmed that both console versions of Damnation will be near identical when it's released this winter.

"No," was Minkoff's answer, when asked whether the game was being developed with a lead format in mind.

"All platforms will be identical, aside from platform-specific features like Achievements and Trophies."

Damnation (Preview)

9 Sep 2008

To fully understand what Damnation is about, you have to forget about Gears of War 2. Forget that they’re both third-person shooters. Forget that they both use the same satisfying over-the-shoulder aiming method. Forget that both have the same darkened ‘ruined beauty’ visual style that is the Unreal Engine’s trademark. ...

Destructoid PAX 08: Damnation hands-on (News)

3 Sep 2008

Destructoid hands-on:
We managed to get a peek at Damnation at E3 earlier this summer. We were glad that Codemasters had us over to check it out, but we were a bit bummed to see that it was a hands-off preview. Luckily we were finally able to get some hands-on time with Damnation at PAX.
Damnation is set in a world that you might call an Orwellian alternate America. It has an early 1900's mostly-American feel, but there are also European elements and steampunk influences. The setting is unique to say the least.
Keep your eye out on more of Damnation, coming to the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC.

LGC 08: Why wait? Leipzig's biggest games reviewed NOW! (Preview)

26 Aug 2008

Knee-jerk reviews after ten minutes' play-time. As is only right and proper. ...

BioShock shouldn't have worked - "No frigging way," says Damnation dev (News)

8 Jul 2008

Eurogamer writes: "Damnation developer Blue Omega reckons there was "no frigging way" BioShock should have ended up being successful.

Game designer Jason Minkoff was comparing it to Damnation to illustrate that all you can do in the shooter genre is pour your heart into a project and hope it gets noticed.

"We're just making the best we can, because a good game is a good game. And if you make a good game, somebody is going to notice and somebody is going to play it," Jason Minkoff told Eurogamer on our trip to see Damnation."

Damnation (Preview)

4 Apr 2008

Maybe Brendan Fraser, Adam Sandler and Steve Buscemi had a point. The Lone Rangers might have been a terrible name for a band, but at least the three airheads realised that you’re guaranteed a longer lifespan as a unit. So while Captain Rouke apes the quintessential Eastwood-loner, he’s going to be a few bullet holes short of a brain if he decides to go it alone. ...

Codemasters shows 'genre evolving' shooter (News)

6 Mar 2008

Damnation is a brand-new IP from Codemasters described as a third person action/shooter in development for PC, PS3 and 360.In development at Blue Omega Entertainment, formerly a video studio that's now venturing into the world of games, Damnation "will feature huge, open environments, frenetic combat, daredevil acrobatics and high-octane vehicle-based stunts."We seriously need to get the phrase "high-octane" banned.The game is said to be ...

Codemasters announce Damnation (News)

6 Mar 2008

Tuesday, 6th March 2008 Â¿ 2pm UK Â¿ Codemasters®, a leading video game publisher, and US creative studio Blue Omega Entertainment today announced Damnation, a new videogame franchise set to come leaping onto the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft®, the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and Games for Windows® this winter.

Evolving the shooter genre with its unique and exhilarating combination of fluid action and combat, Damnation will feature huge, open environments, frenetic combat, daredevil acrobatics and high-octane vehicle-based stunts. Presenting players with an intense test of reflexes, quick thinking and rapid-fire conflict, Damnation will feature vast, breathtaking landscapes, each covering miles of distance and thousands of vertical feet.

Codes (Cheat)

29 May 2009

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Achievements (Unlockable)

26 May 2009

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